Rousey: I’d fight on 24 hours notice
Ronda Rousey: “I’d like to fight again on New Year’s, take a little break in between then, but the UFC knows if there’s an emergency…I’ll step up on 24 hours’ notice.”
Most UFC champions average two title defenses in a year. Ronda Rousey will defend her title for the third time in seven months this week and is hoping to get another in before the end of the year. Furthermore Rousey is willing to put her title on the line with minimal noticed if asked to do so:
Where does her willingness to help out the promotion stop? Well, Rousey kind of answered that question during a UFC 175 conference call Monday. Rousey fights No. 2 contender Alexis Davis on July 5, and when asked whether she was, as rumored, hoping to take a hiatus after the fight until the New Year’s show several months down the road, she answered both yes and no.
“I’d like to fight again on New Year’s, take a little break in between then, but the UFC knows if there’s an emergency, or if they need me, I’ll step up on 24 hours’ notice,” she said.
“I definitely don’t like resting too much,” she said. “That high after a win is what I enjoy the most, not sitting around and resting. I can really only enjoy the rest while that high still lingers, so there’s only so long I can enjoy sitting on the couch and eating as much pie as I want and then going to the gym and pressing repeat. I really need that big goal and obstacle to be excited about what I’m doing.”